Price-scale.



No. 812,289. PATENTED FEB 13, 1906. 0 0. 0 m. PRICE APPLIGATION FILED 001" 24,1905.

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PRICE SCALE. 'APPL'I ATIQN FILED 001'. 24, 1-905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

ORANGE- 0. OZIAS, OF'DAYTON, onio iissienoa Torrie COMPUTING SCALE COMPANY, or DAYTON, 01110, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

PRICE-SCALE.

' Patented Feb. 13,1906.

Application filed October 24. 1905. Serial No. 284,256.

In -7] whom may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORANGE O. ()zIAs, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Day- 'ton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain 'new'and use ful Improvements in Price-Scales; and I- do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,- and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates, primarily, to improvements inprice-scales of that type wherein a chart or table of value computations is provided and with whichfa pointer or indicator moved in accordance with and by the weight of the goods being weighed cooperates in indicating the value of such goods.

.- The object of the invention is. to provide a scale having a small factor of error and with the parts so arranged or disposed with relation to each other thatv the goods may be placed on the scale and the value read with certainty in the mostconvenient manner and without change of position of the salesman.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims. I Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of ascale embody ing the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the end of the beam "or lever and the connections between the same and the indicator and pendulum-weight counterbalance of the scale.

. Similar letters of reference in the several vfigures indicate like parts.

a In the preferred construction the beam /or lever and platform are balanced by weight in particularly may a receptacle B, formed 4 integral with the outer end of the lever, while at the i ront the beam is provided with'a graduated bar or bars D for the usual; slidingweights D ,used

,for weighing off tare or. increasing the weighing capacity of the scale.

At the end of the base away from the stand. A is a vertically-arranged housing or frame E for the value-chart and indicating mechanism. This housing is secured permanently to the base in a diagonal positionthat is to say, so that the chart faces directly toward the position occupied by a person standing or remove the same from the platform.

The mechanism for counterbalancing the weight of the goods withinthe normal capacity of the chart is a pendulum-weight F, hung on pivots in'the housing E and adapted to swing in the plane of said housing, inasmuch as an upwardly-extending arm G, rigid with the weighted member, constitutestheindicator for cooperation with the chart H.

beside the scale in position to place goods on The. arrangement of the axis of the indica tor and counterbalan'cingmember to swing in a vertical plane diagonal to the plane in which the beam swings would under normal circum tances introduce an element of inaccuracy 1n the scale, and in order to overcome this the endof the beam is provided with a needle point I,- projectin downwardly, and a yoke K, having a socketcaring k'for the needle-point, serves as the connecting means be tween the lever and theflexible connection L,

which passes partially around and is attached to the drum M on the indicator and pendulum-weight-counterbalancing member. The

provision of the needle-point pivot and yoke effectually overcomes any variation because of the different planes in which the beam'and weight-counterbalancing member and indicator swing. i 1

The chart in this type of scale is segmental in form, as shown in Fig. l, and thc pointer or indicator is located in front of the same in such osition that all the figures on. the chart be seen, save for the very narrow space immediately behind the indicator. As here} toforeconstructed the chart was arranged either parallel with the beam. or at right angles thereto, and in either position the saleslnan had to lean over or step to one side after placing the goods on the platform in order to determine which figures theindicator regis salesman have a clear view of the dial at all.

times, but standing in the position most natural to place goods on the platform the chart faces directly toward him, and consequently figures directly at the indicator edges are seen properly, even though the pointer or indicator 1s some distance away from the chart.

The diagonal arrangement has a further advantage in that the chart may be made large without extending over the platform, and the beam may be made longer without increasing the length of the scale-base.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a price-scale, the combination with the base, the scale-beam pivotallysupported on the base and the goods-receiver pivotally supported by the beam, of a price-chart arranged in a'vertical plane diagonal to the beam, a connected indicator and penduluincounterbalance pivoted to move in a plane parallel with the chart and diagonal to the plane'in which the beam swings and a con nection between the pendulum-counterbalance and beam embodying a needle-point pivot and socket-bearing therefor whereby the length of the leverage is kept uniform in I the action of the scale.

2. In a price-scale, the combination with the base, the beam mounted on transverse pivots to swing in a vertical plane longitudinall T of the base and a platform mounted "in the beam, of a price-chart arranged in a vertical plane diagonal to the plane in which the beam swings, a combined indicator and pendulum counterbalance pivoted to swing in a plane parallel with and in front of the chart and diagonal to the plane in which the beam swings and a connection between the counterbalance and beam embodying a flexible connector, a yoke and a needle-point pivot on the beam, to prevent variation due to the different planes in which the connected parts move; substantially as described.

3. In a price-scale the combination with the scale-base, the-beam pivoted thereon to swing in a vertical plane longitudinally of the base, and a platform supported by the beam,

' of a vertically-extending housing mounted on the base and having a segmental upper end extending in a vertleal lane diagona to the plane of movement of t e beam, a pricechart in the upper part of the housing and extended in the plane of the same, a combined indicator and endulum-weight counterbalance, pivoted 1n the housing to swing in a plane parallel with the chart and a llexible connection between the beam and counterbalance member' embodying a yoke and a single-point pivot whereby changes in leverage due to the different arcs in which the connected members swing is prevented; substantially as described.

ORANGE O. OZIAS. Witnesses:

H. M. WALSH, GEO. W. KEPLER. 

